Supreme Court Revises Obscenity Rules and Civil rulings
The Supreme Court split 5 to 4 on obscenity rulings clarifying local moral standards and removing deeming social importance as a defense. It also upheld welfare work requirements, desegregation implications, jury sizes, and police search limits while sparking debate over state obscenity laws and civil rights impacts.
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Traffic Route For Marathon Announced
Sst Don Blackburn of the Terre Haute Police Department says autos will be barred on Wabash Avenue from 3rd to 9th Streets starting 9 a.m. Saturday until the marathon finish. The route runs from Vigo County Fairgrounds to 7th and Wabash, with 7th Street closed from Onto to Cherry. Parking on Wabash between 7th and 9th streets is restricted, and bus stops shift to 7th and Cherry.
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Terre Haute Man Arrested for Marijuana Possession
Police arrest 21 year old Jerry L. Ferrari of 628 Oak Terre Haute on possession charges after security at Columbia Records observed him place marijuana in his lunch box. Ferrari says he bought the weed from a Columbia Records janitor for 15 dollars. Detectives investigate.
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Oktoberfest in July comes to Barnesville festival
Barnesville Pennsylvania hosts the Oktoberfest in July from June 29 to July 15 featuring 30 German oompah bands outdoor beer gardens an outdoor stage bellringers and Alpine horn players in a regional celebration spotlighted by UPI coverage.
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UPI
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Barnesville
Senate panel approves 5.5 percent Social Security boost
The Senate Finance Committee voted 1 to 2 to add a 5.5 per cent cost of living increase for 28 million Social Security beneficiaries, effective January 1975, with support from House leaders and President Nixon's aides wary of costly riders. The move targets relief amid high inflation, and the measure rides on the debt limit extension bill due for action next week.
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Morning Judge Benton Creed Faces DUI Fine and Suspension
Benton G Creed 21 of Marshall Illinois was fined 78 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail with suspension, and a 60 day driver's license suspension after a driving under the influence ruling.
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Benton G. Creed
Marshall
Indiana water loan plan for Daviess County system
The Indiana Public Service Commission has received a request from Daviess County Rural Water System Inc of Washington to borrow 780000 dollars from the Farmers Home Administration to build a water distribution network in central and southern Daviess County.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Public Service Commission
Daviess County
Jury Selection Changes Aimed to Speed Voir Dire
Judge Anderson explains a new juror questionnaire rule limiting questions to the court and attorneys. About 60 forms were excused for age, and those over 65 are not required to serve. A petit jury of about 150 is planned for July 2 with groups of 50 rotating through the quarter.
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Allen
Eastman School forms National Center for Symphonic Wind Ensemble
In Rochester New York the Eastman School of Music announced a new National Center for the Symphonic Wind Ensemble to coordinate music collections information dissemination and activity documentation for wind bands and ensembles. The Eastman Wind Ensemble was founded in 1953 by Frederick Fennell.
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Rochester, N.Y
University of Rochester
Eastman School of Music
National Center For the Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Robert Freeman
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Frederick Fennell
Indiana State Police Board reports even party split
The Indiana State Police Board said the department has 1,351 employees split 660 Democrats and 691 Republicans. In the uniformed division the split is 452 Democrats and 454 Republicans.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Police Board
Indiana Senators Back National Land Use Bill
The Senate approved the national land use bill 64 to 21 with Indiana Democrats Vance Hartke and Birch Bayh voting for it. The measure provides 1.06 billion dollars in planning grants over eight years to guide land use.
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Washington
Indiana
Senate
Vance Hartke
Birch Bayh
Two POW Officers Face Formal Misconduct Charges
Pentagon sources say Navy Captain Walter E. Wilber and Marine Lieutenant Colonel Edison Wainright Miller are the first officers charged with misconduct from years in North Vietnamese POW camps. Rear Admiral James Stockdale sent the formal accusations to Navy Secretary John Warner. details were not released.
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Pentagon
James V. Stockdale
Coronado
Calif
Stockdale
Navy
Walter E. Wilber
Columbia Cross Roads
Edison Wainright Miller
Theodore Guy
South Vietnam
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Guy
Four fugitives in court on kidnapping warrants
Two Vigo County men and two Illinois women appeared in Harrison Township Justice of the Peace Court on fugitive from justice warrants. Robert McCallister, 32, Jack Jeffers, 26, Bonnie Crum, 27, and Ruth Bays, 47, were arrested on Crawford County Illinois kidnap warrants alleging they abducted a minor. All were held under $10 000 bonds and sent to Vigo County Jail awaiting governor's warrants for extradition.
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Robinson, Ill
Harrison Township
Justice of the Peace Court
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Lee Easton
Robert McCallister
Jack Jeffers
Dresser
Bonnie Crum
Marshall, Ill
Ruth Bays
Alton
Ill
Robinson
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